Peasant Woman at Market

c. 1542

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image depicts an elderly woman standing in profile facing right. She is shown holding a bundle of vegetables in her left hand and a long-handled tool in her right hand. She is wearing traditional attire and a scarf covering her head. Various items such as a basket, wooden tub, and jug are seen around her. A swirling banner with text is in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1963.11.14.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 202, State i/ii

Associated Artworks

The image shows an illustration of a man standing. He is facing left and depicted in profile. The man has a pronounced nose and chin, with short hair tucked under a rounded hat adorned with a small leaf. He wears a long-sleeved tunic with a belt, trousers, and knee-high boots. In one hand, he holds a large sword, and in the other hand, a staff-like object. He carries a large horn-like instrument on his back. Various objects surround him, including a jug and a sack with a stick. In the background is a looping banner with the text "DETEN WIR VERKAUFFEN".

Peasant at Market

Sebald Beham

1542

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 188, i/ii.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 202, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65511982

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